
Salads & starters
Kæfa (pâté de foie d'agneau islandais)
An Icelandic lamb liver pâté with bacon and onion, smooth and velvety in texture. It's spread on rye bread, often during the year-end holidays, and keeps for several days in the cold.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
On the side
Instructions
- Gently brown the bacon cubes in a pan until they become translucent, then add the sliced onions and let them soften for 10 minutes.
- Cut the lamb liver into pieces, remove the membranes, then add it to the pan and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat.
- Transfer the contents of the pan to a blender with the milk, flour, eggs, salt, marjoram and pepper.
- Blend until smooth and homogeneous, without lumps.
- Pour the mixture into a buttered loaf tin or terrine dish, then bake in a water bath in the oven at 160 °C for 50 to 60 minutes, until the surface is firm.
- Let cool completely, unmold and keep refrigerated. Serve cold on slices of rye bread.
Variations and tips
Smoother version. Pass the mixture through a sieve before pouring it into the tin for an even smoother texture.
Raisin version. Add 50 g of raisins rehydrated in warm water for a subtle sweetness, as is sometimes done for the holidays.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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